Day 4 Best Wedding Scene My nomination for this is the iconic ending of Mike Nichols’ 1967 film, The Graduate. Dustin Hoffman crashing Katharine Ross’ wedding and fending people off with a large cross before running away with her and jumping on the bus. My favourite bit has always been the exaggerated facial expressions of […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 4 – Best Wedding Scene"Day 3 Most romantic gesture on screen Changed my mind at the last minute. I was going to go with Richard Gere at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman, but then all he had to do was get dressed up and turn up. Instead, I’m opting for Ralph Fiennes in 1996’s The English […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 3 – Most Romantic Gesture"Day 2 Best Romantic Comedy My pick for Best Romantic Comedy is probably not a controversial one. It’s Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron’s 1989 classic, When Harry Met Sally. I’m well overdue a rewatch of this one. See you tomorrow. Richard #28DaysOfLoveOnScreen is brought to you in partnership with Serene Nutrition. Start your journey to […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 2 – Best Romantic Comedy"Hi everyone, Day 1 is here, and this also marks my 500th post on this website. Best Love Story My pick for this is Michael Gondry and Charlie Kaufman’s 2004 film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What a fantastic film, full of wonderful moments and emotion. This is my favourite performance of Jim Carrey’s […]
Read more "28 days of Love on Screen – Day 1 – Best Love Story"Hello everyone and welcome to 28 Days of Love on Screen. Every day in February, the month of love, I’ll be picking my favourite example from film or TV for each of these categories. I’ve always been a sucker for a good romance on screen and I’ll be sharing my favourites this month. You can […]
Read more "February Blogging Challenge – 28 Days of Love on Screen"Hi everyone, Episode 12 is avaliable now and, as you can see above, we’re now on Spotify. Join Cian, Polly, Haydon and I as we invent a character from scratch. Meet Evelyn Wilkins: professional soldier! We’ve got all week now to think of a story to put her in. Maybe you can help. Will it […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 12 Available Now"https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-prince-charles-cinema?bucket=other–28_1_2025_PCCexternal&source=web-share-api-button&utm_campaign=28_1_2025_PCCexternal&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=web_share_api&share=55d2a015-c84b-4475-946b-452f500731a9 Hi all, The following is taken from the campaign page above. Anyone who loves Film should be committed to making sure this great independent cinema is protected. It sits in the heart of the West End as a great sanctuary for classic and contemporary film. Please click the link to sign the petition and […]
Read more "Save The Prince Charles Cinema"I was long overdue a rewatch of Shawn Ryan’s masterpiece drama and when it appeared on Amazon Prime, it neatly solved the problem I had. I bought Seasons 3 and 4 in America years ago and I don’t have the DVD player to watch them on NTSC any more. With that stumbling block out of […]
Read more "Rewatching ‘The Shield’"Hi all, I managed to wheedle my way onto national television this week. Blink and you’ll miss me, literally. Last year, local conservationist Sandi Toksvig was the focus of a Channel 4 documentary series about the work she has been doing restoring some local woodland. She came to our annual parish council assembly (where you […]
Read more "My 15 Minutes – catch me on national television"Hi all, Letting you know that you can get your (virtual) hands on my debut novel, The Ardenna Crossing: Between Two Worlds completely free this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, the Kindle version of Paul Armstrong’s story will be free on Amazon. Here is the link… https://amzn.eu/d/2YQiEO7 Happy reading, Richard
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